by Pierre Alferi (Author), Kate Lermitte Campbell (Translator)
Each poem begins with an epigraph that distills a subject and then goes on to elaborate, extrapolate, complicate. Each poem reverses communication; pushes meaning from one image to the next, taking it apart, transferring it from line to line in a series of transformations that finally create an experience of the present.
Pierre Alferi is the author of over fifteen novels and books of poetry as well as three volumes of philosophy/essay. He has worked extensively in the short cin -po me form, and co-founded the influential Revue de litt rature g n rale (1990-1996). His translations include works by John Donne, Meyer Shapiro, and Giorgio Agamben. Born in 1963, he graduated from the cole Normale Sup rieur, rue d'Ulm. He has taught at the ENSBA in Lyon, France, and currently at the Ecole des Arts D coratifs and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France.
Author Biography
Pierre Alferi is the author of over 15 novels and books of poetry as well as three volumes of philosophy/essay. He has also worked extensively in film and the short ciné-poème form, and co-founded the influential Revue de littérature générale(1990-1996). His diverse translations include works by John Donne, Meyer Shapiro, Giorgio Agamben, and many others. Born in 1963, he graduated from the École Normale Supérieur, rue d'Ulm with a doctoral thesis on Guillaume d'Ockham. After a period at the Villa Médicis, he returned to France. He has taught at the ENSBA in Lyon, and currently teaches at the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
Kate Lermitte Campbell: Kate Lermitte Campbell recently completed a DPhil at Oxford University. The title
of her thesis was 'Thought, Perception and the Creative Act: A Study of the Work of Four Contemporary French Poets: Pierre Alferi, Valère Novarina, Anne Portugal and Christophe Tarkos.' She lives and works in Paris.
Number of Pages: 112
Dimensions: 0.3 x 7.9 x 5.9 IN
Publication Date: January 15, 2013
